Clinical Study
Therapeutic Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Northern Ethiopia
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study population at Tumuga Health Center, Alamata, November 2009.
| Variables | Value |
| Sex | | Female, no. (%) | 26 (36.6) | Age (years) | | Mean | 15.2 | Median | 14 | Range | 2–70 | No. (%) | | <5 | 13 (18.3) | 5–15 | 30 (42.3) | >15 | 28 (39.4) | Body weight (kg) | | Mean | | Range | 9–74 | Temp (°C), mean | 38.2 | Parasite count | | Mean density (ring/μL) | 20,672 | Rate (%) | 35.3 |
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